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The Advantages Of The Californios

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While Californios were enjoying their wealthy lives and wasted the resources of California, outsiders took advantage of them. Starting in 1820's, several vessels arrived at the coast of California to trade hides and tallow in exchange of dry goods, liquors, cigars, spices, and other nonessential items. The outsiders knew that the trade was not fair for the Californios; however, the Californios did not argue over the trades. Since then, American sailors and businessmen noticed that the Californios were uneducated because they were isolated from the rest of the world. Also, the government was disorganized; thus, there were no laws to protect people and trades. Most of the Californios wanted to evade taxes, so most transactions were not reported

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